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Sarada No Gomae - Salad with Sesame Dressing
I am not a big fan of salad, but I do have a soft spot for Japanese salad, mainly due to the lovely sesame dressing. The nuttiness and aroma of freshly toasted sesame seeds is what make this dressing a winner. To get the maximum flavor out of your sesame seeds, it is best if you dry toast them on a frying pan until golden brown and starts to vibrate. Then grind this freshly toasted sesame on a mortal and pestle (if you have one), or use a spice attachment for a blender which should do a fine job at turning this into lovely sesame seeds powder. Whisk the sesame powder with the rest of the dressing ingredients and you are in for a bit of salad heaven. ♥
Sarada No Gomae - Salad with Sesame Dressing
Sarada No Gomae - Salad with Sesame Dressing
Ingredients
- Salad ingredients
- 1 lettuce, washed and drained, tear into bite size pieces
- 2 tomatoes, washed and drained, cut into bite size pieces
- 20 green beans, blanched and cut into bite size pieces
- 1 cucumbers, peeled and seeded, cut into bite size pieces
- 4 hard boiled eggs, cut into bite size pieces
- Sesame dressing (whisk together the following ingredients)
- 3 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted and grind into powder
- 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Lightly toss salad ingredients together in a mixing bowl, then divide into four individual salad bowls.
- Divide the dressing into four servings. Drizzle on top of the salad prior to serving.
Comments
what a lovely salad dressing, fortunately i hade a tahini paste in my kitchen rack... i guess i'm gonna use for making htis kind of sesame dressing!
You are right Dedy, tahini will work just as well :)
This is nice and refreshing and probably something I need after all this holiday eating. It's amazing how simply this salad is yet I love it so much. Great post!
Haha, I know exactly what you meant Yi. I am the same too, hence, the salad :D
I just made the dressing for a bag of ready mixed salad, and it was super. I didn't have any sesame seeds on hand, but I have a jar of Chinese sesame paste so I used that instead (probably just 2 Tbsp is enough for paste?) It was exactly like the side salads from a Japanese restaurant, but richer and more tasty. Since it was all pantry ingredients, it also saves space in the fridge from buying a whole bottle of dressing!
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